First Ambergris Cay Expedition

The First Ambergris Cay Expedition (1722) was a pirating expedition undertaken by Edward Kenway and the crew of the Jackdaw during the Golden Age of Piracy. Kenway decided to plunder Spanish Navy ships as they sailed off Ambergris Cay in Belize; there was a strong Spanish naval presence in those waters. Kenway succeeded in plundering the Spanish frigates Conquistador and Lanfranco, the men o' war Nuestra Senora de la Almudena and Cambi, and the brig Palas, doing so after heavy fighting that involved the Jackdaw being nearly sunk on several occasions, only to be repaired with resources taken from captured ships. The Jackdaw managed to capture Nuestra Senora de la Almudena, and Kenway gave command of the ship to the pirate Hedyn Rowe, who renamed it into Royal Misfortune.